2001 Turing Award

[Steve Holden]

"Jarno J Virtanen" <jajvirta at cc.helsinki.fi> wrote in message
news:slrna6751a.abe.jajvirta at sirppi.helsinki.fi...
> Thu, 7 Feb 2002 23:32:27 +0000 (UTC) Andy Todd wrote:
> > "Mark McEahern" <marklists at mceahern.com> wrote in
> > news:mailman.1013114112.28909.python-list at python.org:
> >
> >> Keith Keller wrote:
> >>> Damn--I thought the award was for the person who best impersonated a
> >>> Turing machine.  :)
> >>
> >> Do you have any nominees?
>
> > I believe there is currently only one Tim-bot.
>
> Given the recent modifications made by the PSU that gave timbot
> abilities to perform like human [1, 2], I'd say that he indeed
> is a strong candidate for this kind of award.
>
> [1] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-February/085107.html
> [2] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-February/085042.html

I have the ACM Turing Award Lectures from 1966-1985. It was being
remaindered at a railway station bookstore for $3.00. How are the mighty
fallen :-)

While some of the lectures show a uniquely interesting perspective on our
ever-broadening field, some of them are only fit for use as an insomnia cure
(I was going to say toilet paper, but then I realised they are too valuable
as an insomnia cure to subject to one-time-only usages). This would make Tim
an unlikely recipient -- most of his stuff would be eliminated on the
grounds of it's inherently interesting nature.

I thought the actor that the PSF paid to personate Tim at the Conference was
very believable, and a nice guy. I gave him a business card, which I'm
hoping he passed on to the real Tim for scanning.

only-one-timbot-ly y'rs  - steve
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